Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease: A case report and review of the literature

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-355

  Sotiriou, Eleni ^a   Patsatsi, Aikaterini ^a   Tsorova, Christina ^a   Lazaridou, Elisabeth ^a   Sotiriadis, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha Habermann disease; Pityriasis lichenoides and varioliformis acuta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FOLIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; PSORALEN; STEROID; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; TIABENDAZOLE; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE ULCERONECROTIC MUCHA HABERMANN DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; NECROSIS; PITYRIASIS; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; ULCER;

EID: 47749119973     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0441     Document Type: Article

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